Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-19
Sales 1920 bales,
GENERAL MARKETS.
Produce and Proviaionn.

ST, LOUIS, Mo, Aug. lS.-Flour- Flrm and
in good demand. Nheat-Lower; market
opened firm but broke later and closed as be-
low yesterday; No. red c.sh 69a69i+c; SEQ
TENDER 90 : a zoe, closing at 69lac; October III
CHIC, closing at 1'sc; November nominal
December l5Gi5Hc, closing at I5c. Com
strong closed &c higher. early advanced &c !;
cash 3sG3s%c; September 371sd373lc, closing
37Esc; November 3S's a$S5sc, ciotng
$3's; Oats STEADY: cash 45.aHa.ci
strong at s! lOa2 10. Whisky steady
at 81 %. Provisions steady. Pork
irregular; new SIS GO. Lard So 20
clears 81 S75 clear ribs Si59 short clears 5 90.
BaCon-BoIed shoulders St 90; long clears
s. e; clear ribs IS 75; short clears SO 00G9 05.
Hams steady at 81 0Od$l4 90.
CHICAGO. ILL, Aug. Is Operations on the
Board of Trade were somewhat restricted to-
day. There were TWO reasons, First, the market
Is just now In sort of low ruts from which
great effort is being m de to lift It, Second
new rules providing severe penalties against
brokers doing business for less than regula-
Corn went into effec. this morning These
rules remain TO be thoroughly tried and their
Unborn minority with decided views who not
only voted against high commission de
psrture, but also kicked against working
under them. such members were conspicuous
more on account of talking than trading to-
day. appearances seem to justify them TO
certain extent MESSENGER boys stood Idly In
groups and few of their ehrill voices were
heard calling for traders. Tne,e was deci-
ded let up on Outside orders, and some Of the
more rampant opposers of the new rules de-
clared such messages as were filed to daYyers
largely to close deals. 1t was easily o5serFaGe
that many usually busy traders had tufHed
their backs on the pit. Sotmuch was dos8S
in wheat, trade dragging slowly most ot5tne
day, though the feeling developed Was quiet
and firm earlg and later became weak sHldsr
freer speculative offerings Early Grmnes
was attributed TO the existence of faffEeX port
demand and to sympathy with advance = Eoll.
Market opened at yesterdays cloting dgusrs.
declined &c, then advanced &c, again eased off
and later, under free offerings Gee ined
&c and closed about sc lower than
yesterday. There seemed to be less
falling o d IN corn orders than IN other grain;
market ruled quite actlse, exhibiting former
tone and values ruled stronger There was
good local demand, several prominent houses
buying quite freely, no outside news OF impor
lance was received and the market was gov
ernet 10 certain extent by local influences.
Prices opened shade easier than yesterday 5
closing, quotations became 1rmer and advance
&C, reacted and declined &c and then became
sGrong and advanced with tslight changes &c.
ruled Irregular and closed as3 higher for Sep
TENDER and = q = higher for october and May
than yesterdays closing prices: In
provisions 10 day was Almost festureless in
way OF speculation as well as in the movement
of cash property there was no activity at any
time 10 awaken interest and from the opening
to the closing there wa no unusual develop
ment 10 speak CT, for the different deliveries
traded in the prices averaged little lower than
yesterday, though the actual changes as shown
by. the closing were unimportaut Leading
'67z.c; september, CSC; october, 7Osc; De
celnoer, 73Asc. Corn-August. 1870; Ssptem
Der, Il &c; O:tober, &c; May. 453sc. Mess pork
lssn.. 81 se Ssanssy s. .6 D. oco5 aga
Sc Az: November,S Sc AK Short rios-August,
s. 90; September s. 81; october s. s11l: January
Sc 32h. Cash quotations were: Flour steady
and unchanged; No. 2 red re asked No. ,
Corn 4e1l6+07!c. Mess pork SIS 90 per
barrel, Lsrd 81 4oa6 Az per 100 pounds.
Snort RIBS, sides, loose, s. SIG, 30. Dry